1. Chapter 11 Tobacco Leading Cause of Preventable Death in the U.S.

2. Don’t Start!!!!!

3. Tobacco Questions?? 1. At high doses, nicotine is a nerve poison? true
2. Chewing tobacco is safer than smoking tobacco
because no smoke gets into the lungs?
False, chewing tobacco causes serious problems
to the mouth, throat, and stomach

4. 3. Herbal cigarettes are safer than tobacco
cigarettes because they don’t contain tobacco.
false, herbal cigarettes contain nicotine
4. You can smoke for many years before you
start to harm your lungs?
false, smoking can harm your lungs the first time you smoke

5. 5. The smoke that escapes from a burning cigarette is
dangerous to others?
true
6. The placenta protects a fetus from smoke in women
that smoke during pregnancy?
false, chemicals from cigarette smoke readily pass
through the placenta
7. Non smokers get fewer colds than smokers

6. Vocabulary for Section 1 Tobacco Use
*Nicotine
The highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products
*Carcinogen
any chemical or agent that causes cancer
*Tar
a sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats
the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens
*Carbon Monoxide
a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream

8. Various Types of Tobacco
Cigarettes
Chewing tobacco
Dip (snuff)
Pipe tobacco
Cigars
Herbal cigarettes

9. All tobacco products have dangerous chemicals in them and are cancerous
At low doses, nicotine is a mild stimulant and muscle relaxant
At higher doses, it is a powerful nerve poison. Sixty milligrams of nicotine are enough to kill most people. One or two milligrams are inhaled when a cigarette is smoked

10. There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke
There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. At least 40 of the chemicals are carcinogens.
Tar contains many carcinogens, including the following:
*Cyanide-a poisonous gas used to develop photos
*Formaldehyde-used to preserve animals or used for embalming
*Lead-a dangerous metal
*Vinyl Chloride-flammable gas used to make plastic products

12. Other dangerous chemicals in smoke
Carbon monoxide
Gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream
Ammonia
chemical found in bathroom cleaners

13. Tobacco products that don’t produce smoke are also harmful
Snuff contains two to three more times nicotine than cigarette smoke does.
Eight dips per day have the same amount of nicotine that about 30 cigarettes do
Leukoplakia-white leathery patches on the inside of the mouth

15. Tongue Cancer

17. Lip Cancer

20. Tongue Cancer

23. Carcinogens found in smokeless tobacco
Arsenic
Nickel
Polonium
Nicotine
Tar

24. Sean Marsee Started dipping at age 12 He went through 1 ½ cans per day

25. He died at age 19

26. Leukoplakia

29. Many teens think herbal cigarettes, such as cloves, bidis & kreteks are safe because they don’t contain tobacco.
Herbal cigarettes do contain tobacco and a spice that makes them taste better, so their flavor is more attractive to teens.

30. Black Hairy Tongue can be the result of dipping & smoking
Black Hairy Tongue can be the result of dipping & smoking. Causes elongation of the taste buds.

31. Pipe tobacco & cigars may seem safer because they are usually not inhaled deeply. However, pipe tobacco & cigars have been linked with oral cancer

32. Individual with a stoma

33. Section 2 Short Term Effects It only takes seconds for the nicotine inhaled to get into the bloodstream
Stimulates the brain reward system (area of the brain that registers pleasure)
Increases breathing rate
Increases heart rate & blood pressure
Increases blood sugar levels
Stimulates the vomit reflex

34. Other harmful substances in tobacco smoke cause short term effects
Carbon monoxide blocks the oxygen from getting into the bloodstream.
Tar irritates the insides of the lungs, which leads to coughing and to many of the long term dangers of tobacco smoke.

35. Simple Fact
If you start 15, you can start to develop bronchitis, sinus infections and a chronic cough almost immediately

36. Long Term Effects Bronchitis & Emphysema
Cigarette smoke paralyzes & kill the cilia (tiny hairs) as a result, mucus and inhaled particles (along with tar and other chemicals from tobacco products) build up deep within the lungs, which gives smokers a chronic cough. Bronchi swell, which makes breathing more difficult. This inflammation, combined with the built up particles, tar, and mucus in the lungs, can lead to chronic bronchitis and infection.

38. Don’t End Up Like This 

39. Emphysema
Respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of the lungs because the alveoli (tiny air sacks in the lungs) become blocked or lose their elasticity.
Person with emphysema cannot breathe normally and is unable to get enough oxygen to the body. It worsens over time.

42. COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Disorder that is a combination of chronic bronchitis and obstructive (blocked) emphysema.
COPD causes chronic coughing, difficulty breathing, frequent infections, and eventually death due to respiratory failure.

43. Long Term Effects continued
Heart & Artery Diseases
Nearly 170,000 people die each year from heart & artery disease caused by cigarettes.
Nicotine increases heart rate, narrows blood vessels, and eventually causes arteries to become hardened and clogged. This all increases the risk of heart attack, blood clots and stroke.

44. Long Term Effects continued
Cancer
Cigarettes promotes several kinds of cancer
Lung
Pancreas
Bladder
Cervix
Kidney
Mouth
Throat

45. Lung cancer often spreads to other parts of the body, which is one of the factors that makes lung cancer so deadly.
Lung cancer currently kills more people than any other form of cancer does

46. Immune System Suppression
Chemicals in smoke reduce the activity of immune system cells. This makes the body more vulnerable to disease.
The immune system is less able to fight lung diseases and remove cancer cells that are caused by smoking.

48. Other Long Term Effects of Tobacco Use
Smoking damages the stomach’s ability to neutralize acid after a meal. This causes excess acid to build up and damage the stomach and small intestine, which leads to ulcers and to cancer.
Other Long Term Effects of Tobacco Use
*Smoking also dulls your senses of smell and taste.
*Leaves you with stained teeth, leaves an odor of smoke and a film of tar on your clothes.

49. Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Sidestream Smoke Smoke that escapes from the tip of the cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Sidestream smoke can be as much as ½ of the smoke from a cigarette
Mainstream Smoke
Smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Is a combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke. Environmental tobacco smoke is inhaled by anyone near the smoker

50. Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Lung cancer caused by environmental tobacco smoke kills 3,000 nonsmokers in the U.S. each year.
For every 8 people killed by their own smoking, a nonsmoker is killed by exposure to secondhand smoke.

51. Effects of Tobacco on the Fetus & Baby
Risk of miscarriage
Risk of premature birth
Low birth weight
Slow growth rate
SIDS
Risk of developing respiratory illness
Risk of developing learning difficulties

52. N.R.T Nicotine Replacement Therapy
A form of medicine that delivers small amounts of nicotine to the body to help a person quit using tobacco

53. Why Do People Smoke? Family & friends Misconceptions Advertising
Curiosity
Rebellion

54. Tobacco Use Affects the Family & Society
Cost to families
Cost of tobacco products
Lost wages due to illness
Medical bills
Funeral costs

55. Cost to Society
Society estimated to pay $138 billion per year in financial cost due to smoking
Medical care, that cannot be paid by the smoker
Insurance costs, can be very high when treating tobacco related illnesses

56. Reasons to Quit Smoking
It’s unhealthy
Expensive
Stinks
Looks unattractive
Damages your skin